Studying SDD (1 Viewer)

[Morgues]

Got tomorrow to study SDD, any tips?

I seem to know what happens in each stage as well as the major elements that we need to know...........compiling, case tools, black box testing etc etc

The thing is I still get relatively crap marks as the whole thing is scenario based.......argh

also do we need to know the pseudocode word for word for all the sorts/searches?

and do we need to know the pseudocode for random file access?

 

[SupaGloo]

i finished sdd last yr n i can tell u.... scenarios scenarios scenarios

like 3 20 mark scenario questions... for trial and hsc... for me anyway the rest is 20mark multi choice, 20mark option

trial was also the 1st time ive come across the phrase 'printer control character'.... neva heard of it b4 so there went 2 marks

ive never had to write psuedocode for all that so i wouldnt know about that...

u do have to however need to know how to perform the searches/sorts

for case tools... "if you dont know the answer, just make it up" - Mr Singer
...I know i did =)

 

[sunny]

My teacher told us to know the searches and sorts off by heart...which I think is a bit of an overkill, but in the syllabus:

Students learn about algorithms for searching and sorting

Students learn to recogise the logic in a standard approach (such as sort or search)

Now that does only say recognise

 

[Morgues]

Originally posted by sunny
My teacher told us to know the searches and sorts off by heart...which I think is a bit of an overkill, but in the syllabus:

Students learn about algorithms for searching and sorting

Students learn to recogise the logic in a standard approach (such as sort or search)

Now that does only say recognise

Exactly thats my point........I know them in general and can probably logically work out most of them but not in the 5 minutes required under exam conditions...........I think they can only give us the code and ask which one it is.....or ask something like which one is more suitable to a certain scenario

 

[sunny]

I think its worth the risk of just not trying to remember them 100% off by heart, knowing it won't really be possible to recall them exactly under exam conditions, might be better off studying other things.

oooh the compromises

 

[SupaGloo]

or dey cud ask u to write an algorithm which incorporates a search/get or a sort
... in otherwords... not directly asking for those algorithms in particular.

just making one up here : eg: write an algorithm for the 'getting' of a specific track on a cd

.. for this, u r gonna have to incorporate some searching alhorithm...

but hey... those are easy compared to what they could ask you. For 1 reason, some books have the entire algorithm written out for you... therefore... memorise and recall....
This is therefore easier than the 'make up on the spot' algorithm which may or may not be properly structured

 

[Morgues]

hmmm ok.........dont really have enough time but might learn them tomorrow

sunny your sdd trial is on wednesday?

 

[sunny]

Nope...its Thursday week!

 

[AcCeSs-DeNieD]

hmmmm...... my sdd trial is this wednesday.....
Hey morgues is your trial the CSSA one?
mine is....

 

[anti]

In our trial we were asked to perform sorts on an array... and I didn't remember how to do them so I stuffed up. ANYWAY...

I don't think you have to know the 'exact' pseudocode of a sort or search because there are different ways of doing them... I think they can give you an example of a few passes and you have to recognise what sort is being used or write the next pass.

Blah, I hate them. :\

 

[Morgues]

Originally posted by AcCeSs-DeNieD
hmmmm...... my sdd trial is this wednesday.....
Hey morgues is your trial the CSSA one?
mine is....

yep with the option topics taken out...........if its anything like last years im screwed....

 

[do0d]

oh man
arent any of you confident with your searches?
make sure you know them inside out
but you dont need to know the pseudocode
but once u know the logic behind them and u know how to write pseudo code youll be fine and u wont have to think aobut it

but yeh make sure to know your search/sort!!!!

 

[Morgues]

Originally posted by do0d
oh man
arent any of you confident with your searches?
make sure you know them inside out
but you dont need to know the pseudocode
but once u know the logic behind them and u know how to write pseudo code youll be fine and u wont have to think aobut it

but yeh make sure to know your search/sort!!!!

so do we need to know the pseudocode or not? First you said no then you said yes lol

 

[do0d]

hehehe sorry if it was confusing
umm just know them as in their workings inside out
u dont need to learn their pseudocode as ther r different ways to write it
so if u know how to write all the different things in pseudo
eg loops umm and yeh
and u know the theory behind the search/sort inisde out
u wont need to memorize stuff

but they wont ask u to write pseudo for it anyway
maybe one lil bit but not the whole thing

but the theory u will NEED to know


does that make sense?